There's a reason why Catholics cover statues, crosses, and even some artwork during Lent, and it has everything to do with ...

Ahead of general conference, a new statue was unveiled — the first on the east side of Temple Square — depicting the five ...

The other reason is that they’re flat so that the raised altar can be seen from any corner of the church. But why do Catholics have statues in their churches, bowing to the one of the Virgin ...

By the fifth week of Lent, churches will begin to veil all images and statues in purple cloth. This tradition has been observed in Catholic churches all over the world, with some references noting ...

The group argues the statues, which cost $850,000 in public ... the ACLU of Massachusetts and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, have sent similar letters to the mayor.

A mean-spirited vandal broke into a church in São Paulo, Brazil and destroyed two statues, surveillance video shows. The man approached a worshipper in between masses at the Bom Jesus das ...

The statue, which features the "Five Wise Virgins," is meant to depict the unity of the women in The Church of Jesus Christ ...

MANILA: For Catholics, Lent means a period of sacrifice. Often, we think of this in terms of food: abstaining from meat on ...